Dodho Magazine: Oliver Klink selected as Black and White Photographer of the Year 2018
In this second of the 2018 awards black and white a prestigious international jury composed of renowned photographer, Reza (Paris), The Managing editor of Getty Images, Jay Davies (New York), Shanthi Jeuland, Founder and Director of Coco Communications (Singapore), Erin Barnett, Director of Exhibitions and collections of International centre of photography (New York), The galleries’ directors; Klompching Gallery (New York) and Catherine Edelman Gallery (Chicago), the professional photographer Gurdas Dua, Brand Ambassador for Sony (India) and Maria Oliva, Marketing director of Dodho Magazine, have selected through a hard-working process, due to high quality and the large numbers of projects and portfolios received, the award-winning photographers as the best projects in black and white 2018.
The selection process has been very complicated but we are proud of the final result, and the great reception obtained. In the coming weeks will be published the book Black & White – Best photographers of the year 2018 where they will show the works of all winners and finalists. The edition will be published in hardcover and also in digital format and will be put up for sale on our website; it will also be distributed to the best galleries and agencies around the world in search of opportunities for the photographers who have applied to this contest.
Grand prize winner: Oliver Klink for his work “Spirit of the Village” (part of Cultures In Transition).
Additional information about the work can be found at www.culturesintransition.com
About Dodho Magazine:
Dodho Magazine is an independent international magazine, born with the vocation to promote the work and projects of emerging photographers and professionals from all over the world. Since its launch in April 2013, Dodho Magazine has uncovered countless photographers and put their work in the spotlight of professionals in the photographic industry. With more than one million annual visits and half a million pages viewed monthly, Dodho Magazine has managed to become the fastest growing photo magazine and become a benchmark among galleries, agencies and other publishers around the world.
Dodho Magazine is published daily in its online version and every six months in its printed version. Each version is focused on a totally different audience, while the online version seeks a public as broad as possible, the print version is aimed exclusively at a more professional audience such as galleries, agencies and other professionals in the photographic and art industry, both editions have as objective and priority standing out any good photographer or project within the crowd. Highlighting their work and offering the right promotion tools.
Dodho Magazine allows all amateur and professional photographers from around the world to spread their projects around the world in record time and share their passion and ideas about photography through their community.
Publication in Light and Shadow Magazine (Issue 3, page 35) – Black and White Photography
May 11, 2018 – Press Release:
Story and Photography about Oliver Klink’s Black and White Imagery is being published in the Light and Shadow magazine (Issue 3).
In the article, Klink expresses his views and tips on how to tackle the challenges of B&W Photography.
” Darks Darker: This is a favorite trick of mine: making the darks darker so the lights appear brighter. By association—and nothing else— when we make darks go darker, the mind just assumes the other elements have to be brighter, even though in reality they are not”.
Other thoughts are related to visualizing, printing, and getting creative inspiration.
The magazine can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/magazine
International Color Awards: Honorable Mention for the “Eagle Huntress”
For additional information, visit colorawards official website
Oliver Klink – “Ancient Farming” included in the BW Spider Awards volume 9
Dear Oliver,
We are delighted to announce as a Winner at the 12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards your work has been published in The Journal Collection No.9.
The Journal is a digital publication featuring curated collections of the award winning photography, produced to promote your achievement at the awards. You can view and download the Journal at: www.thespiderawards.com.
My image, “Ancient Farming” won the 2nd place in the Silhouette category and is featured on page 508-509.
“The quality of the work is astounding. I love to quietly and contemplatively look at the images. You can feel the creativity and personality of each photographer featured in volume 9. Well worth the time!
Want to know more about Ancient Farming? Check the body of work it belongs to at https://blog.oliverklinkphotography.com/CulturesInTransition/LifeoftheVillage/
Oliver Klink featured Artist at rfotofolio (January 2018)
Press Release, January 12, 2018
This is a great honor to have my body of work – “Spirit of the Village” featured on the home page of rfotofolio
Rfotofolio was founded to give photographers access to a larger audience, and to educate the public about all types of photography through our sites, exhibitions, interviews, and articles.
We feel that art can make a difference in the quality of life for many individuals. Who has not been affected by the images we see? From showing the consequences of climate change and pollution, to finding solace in the image of a single flower. Art also serves to remind us that there is beauty in this world.
We feel that photography can make a difference in the quality of life for many individuals. Who has not been affected by the images we see? From showing the consequences of climate change and pollution, to finding solace in the image of a single flower. Art also serves to remind us that there is beauty in this world.
Oliver Klink featured as CPA (Center for Photography Art, Carmel) artist of the month
It is an honor to be featured as artist of the month at the CPA (www.photography.org). The root of the organization goes back to the Ansel Adams of our world.
Tracing our roots back to the Friends of Photography, founded in 1967, the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) remains the second oldest members’ photography gallery organization in the country. A short walk from Ocean Avenue in Carmel, CA brings you to the venerable gallery launched by iconic artists Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock and Brett Weston. Today, CPA continues to serve as a valuable asset to its members, the community and the greater world of the photographic arts.
CPA’s gallery, which is free to the public, features the finest works of contemporary photography. In addition, CPA also offers the unique PIE Labs (Photography + Ideas + Experience) creativity program in the fall and the new PIE Tech! program in the spring. The award-winning PIE programs present an uncommon array of talented facilitators and are designed to spark creative thinking and artistic development. The CPA Lecture Series brings artists, curators, educators, and other leaders in the field of photography to our venue at the Sunset Center for in depth examinations into a variety of relevant topics. Special monthly events are planned for CPA members only and include critiques, film viewing, book reviews, and print exchanges to name but a few.
If you have an interest in photography and in networking with other enthusiasts and appreciators, you’ll enjoy our exhibitions, artistic-development programs, lectures, and special members’ nights. If you’ve wanted to learn more about photographic art and collecting, we encourage you to join CPA’s vibrant, supportive and ever- expanding photography community by becoming a member.
“Thank you CPA for your continuous support of artists and your inspiration with activities and exhibits”. Oliver Klink
Oliver Klink Images featured on API (Art Photo Index)
Press Release: January 8, 2018
This is exciting news to have my images featured in the Art Photo Index database.
Art Photo Index (API) is a visual index of important art and documentary photographers, their images and their websites from throughout the world.
Our goal with API is to become the most useful index and search engine for discovering and exploring fine-art and documentary photography. Unlike other general purpose search engines where pertinent information is buried within the less relevant, the Art Photo Index search tool focuses only on a vetted art and documentary photographers and their work, making it the ideal search engine for our discerning audience of curators, gallery directors, publishers, editors, picture researchers, collectors and others who love art and documentary photography.
The artists included in Art Photo Index have been selected as a result of their accomplishments in the art or documentary photography field. Many of those included have been published by major photobook publishers or serious art photography magazines. Some have received awards given by art and documentary photography organizations. Others are represented by major art photography galleries.
To view the images, go to http://www.artphotoindex.com/api/#photographer/Oliver-Klink/19615
Best Wishes for 2018
Altai Mountains, Mongolia
Javeena and Ganesha #1 was a show stopper at all the places the piece was exhibited. I received heartfelt emails from collectors thrilled to have invested in this image and honored to have contributed to the fundraiser for Javeena’s education. Many thanks to all of you.
Oliver Klink receives People’s Choice Award by Black & White Magazine for “Ancient Farming”
Press Release, November 24, 2017
Oliver Klink’s image has been selected for the 2nd year in the row as People’s Choice award by Black and White Magazine. “Ancient Farming” is the selected image.
Two other images (Canada Lynx, The Ballerina) are featured in the magazine (Issue 125) to be released in newsstand in early December.
Additional information about “Ancient Farming” can be found here.
“Ancient Farming is a special image to me. I photographed the ancient tradition of farming in Xiapu, Fujian province, China”. My grandfather was a farmer in Switzerland and I remember vividly the arch life he lived. Watching these two old men in China reminded me that some places still value traditions or have not been inundated by the modern world. The image is part of a larger project, titled Consequences.
Oliver Klink, [email protected]
BWGallerist: Oliver Klink awarded 2nd place at the Spider Awards
We are happy to announce that our friend Oliver Klink has won 2nd Place-Merit of Excellence for “Ancient Farming” in the Professional Silhouette Category during the 12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. The Spider Awards is an annual international award competition honoring the best amateur and professional images in black and white photography. Klink’s “Ancient Farming” was creating using the digital printing process Piezography. The image was photographed in China in 2015 and is a part of Klink’s larger body of work titled “Consequences”.
Consequences:
The transition from a pre-modern or traditional to a modern society is frequently described as modernization. Modernization has had the consequences of diminishing the relevance of old world customs, rituals, familial and social relationships.
“Consequences” addresses the current threats to natural and cultural diversity, sites where modernity, tradition, and wild lands collide. It is an elegy for what is vanishing and a celebration of those cultures on the fringe of modern society resilient enough to maintain their vibrance.
As we drift toward a blandly amorphous, generic world, as cultures disappear and life becomes more uniform, we as a people and a species, and Earth itself, are deeply impoverished. The images take the viewer on a roller coaster ride of aesthetic of disappearance, with hope that the fading traditions are not permanent and irreversible.
-Oliver Klink
Congratulations again to our friend for his achievement. For more information on Oliver Klink and his work, please visit Oliver Klink Photography.